Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
‘Displays none of McDonagh’s trademark pitch-black farce’: A VERY VERY VERY DARK MATTER – Bridge Theatre
A Very Very Very Dark Matter lacks the coherence and pleasing culmination of the playwright’s other works. Despite the ‘upbeat ending’, this play displays none of Martin McDonagh’s trademark pitch-black farce.
‘Even McDonagh cannot make this feel exciting’: A VERY VERY VERY DARK MATTER – Bridge Theatre
Martin McDonagh is a good writer. I have to state this because based on this production of A Very Very Very Dark Matter at the Bridge Theatre audiences may not be so convinced.
Theatrical tricks & treats for Halloween
There’s plenty of Halloween treats to choose from all across London, so if you fancy doing something a little bit spooky this week then here’s a selection of highlights…
Text of the Day: A Very Very Very Dark Matter
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
‘Unlike anything else on a stage right now’: A VERY VERY VERY DARK MATTER – Bridge Theatre
A Very Very Very Dark Matter is perhaps the least complete of his works for the stage, but its fierce anger and gleeful South Park-style offensiveness makes it unlike anything else on a stage right now, in London or anywhere else.
Mark Shenton takes a looks at the thumbs up & down reviews in the West End, plus news from Broadway & beyond
Mark Shenton’s news, reviews, quotes, tweets and farewells of the week, from the West End, Broadway and beyond.
‘McDonagh’s plot is its own hired assassin’: A VERY VERY VERY DARK MATTER – Bridge Theatre
I’m fairly sure the land on which the Bridge Theatre was built was once a plague pit, but I’m beginning to wonder if the place isn’t itself cursed. How else can it commission a play by Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri writer Martin McDonagh that is, not to put too fine a point on it, as enjoyable as passing A Very, Very, Very Painful Stool? For an hour and a half.
REVIEW ROUND-UP: A Very Very Very Dark Matter at the Bridge Theatre
Matthew Dunster directs Martin McDonagh’s new play A Very Very Very Dark Matter at the Bridge Theatre. Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews…
‘This is not a show you can be neutral about’: A VERY VERY VERY DARK MATTER – Bridge Theatre
Having seen the Bridge Theatre’s latest, Martin McDonagh’s A Very Very Very Dark Matter, my bonkers quota is through the roof.
‘Less twisted & funny than simply tiresome and tedious’: A VERY VERY VERY DARK MATTER – Bridge Theatre
Very very very feeble: Martin McDonagh’s latest play, A Very Very Very Dark Matter at the Bridge Theatre, is poorly written, self-plagiarising and lacks imagination.
‘A fairytale of human ugliness & evil’: A VERY VERY VERY DARK MATTER – Bridge Theatre ★★★
Martin McDonagh’s new play is a (very) dark fairytale with colonial undertones. Who else’s imagination could put Hans Christian Andersen (Jim Broadbent), a one-legged black pigmy woman called Marjory (Johnetta Eula’Mae Ackles) and two bloody, time-travelling Belgian twins in the same story?
‘A cheese-dream for intellectual literati’: A VERY VERY VERY DARK MATTER – Bridge Theatre
Martin McDonagh’s new absurdist play A Very Very Very Dark Matter is not just a string of dated Monty Python sketches. It’s more modern: a sweary gross-out horror fantasy, a cheese-dream for intellectual literati.
NEWS: Casting update for Martin McDonagh’s A Very Very Very Dark Matter at the Bridge Theatre as rehearsals begin
Casting has been announced for the world premiere of Martin McDonagh’s A Very Very Very Dark Matter at the Bridge Theatre, previewing at the Bridge Theatre from 12 October 2018 with an opening night on 24 October. The 12-week run will conclude on 6 January 2019.
NEWS: Further casting is announced for Martin McDonagh’s A Very Very Very Dark Matter at the Bridge Theatre
Johnetta Eula’Mae Ackles, Elizabeth Berrington and Phil Daniels will join the previously announced Jim Broadbent in the world premiere of Martin McDonagh’s A Very Very Very Dark Matter.